List of Danionin species

In the last few decades, many Danionin species have been moved into different genera, in some cases repeatedly, similarly some species have been synonymised with other species and even in some cases later unsynonymised, all of which has caused a lot of confusion. With a large amount of recent discoveries particularly in Myanmar in recent years a lot of confusion has been caused. As a result a separate page has been created which lists all danionin species and also lists defunct species which have since been synonymised or renamed. Individual Danionin species are listed below in order of Genera:

Species, listed in order of scientific name, categorised by genus

Danio

The species remaining in the Danio genus comprise most of the danionins familiar to aquarists. They have two pairs of long barbels and are generally characterised by horizontal stripes (with the exception of the Panther Danio, Glowlight Danio and Black Barred Danio which have vertical bars. In size they range from 4 cm/ 1.75 in) to 15 cm/ 6 in).

Frequently used common names are given for reference, however if the common name you are looking for does not appear, click on it on the section above for more details

Devario

The Devarios comprise some danionins familiar to aquarists. Generally (but not all) larger fish than Danios, they have short barbels (if present at all) and generally have deeper bodies than Danios with species having vertical stripes present (as well as horizontal). In size they range from 5 cm/ 2 in) to 15 cm/ 6 in).

Little known Devario

Little is known about the following Devario species, however there is some information about them at the Fishbase Devario index(Fishbase: Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2005 version)

Tanichthys

Not strictly speaking a danionin but widely regarded as one.

Esomus

A genus comprising the Flying Barbs, they are closely related to the Danio genus and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.

Chela

A closely related genus to Devario

Parachela

Closely related to Chela and Devario

Inlecypris

A genus closely related to Devario comprising two smallish barred fish from Lake Inle in Myanmar.

"Miniature" danionins

The following genera of tiny fish are thought to be danionins closely related to Danio and Esomus, but too little is known about them to confirm this.

Danionella

A genus comprising two tiny, recently discovered fish.

Microrasbora

The genus name means "small Rasbora", however these fish appear to be more closely related to the danios than rasboras. There has been speculation that Microrasbora erythromicron may be transferred to the Danio genus but this now seems unlikely

Paedocypris

A Genus comprising the smallest known fish in the world.

Sundadanio

A genus with only one fish within, the genus was created after the axelrodi species was transferred from the Rasbora. Axelrodi resembles a tiny Rasbora

Danionins renamed or wrongly identified

See also

External links

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